This Day In History

May 30th

1783  The Pennsylvania Evening Post, published by Benjamin Towne becomes the first daily US paper
1848  W.G. Young of Baltimore, Maryland, patented the ice cream freezer
1868  Memorial Day observed for the first time in the US at the request of General John A. Logan

1908  Cartoon Voice Mel Blanc
1909  Clarinet Player & Bandleader Benny Goodman
1966  Singer Wynonna Judd

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1961

• Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson

• Daddy's Home - Shep and The Limelites

• Running Scared - Roy Orbison

• You Can Depend on Me - Brenda Lee

1962

• Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk

• I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles

• Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares

• P.T. 109 - Jimmy Dean

1969

• Get Back - The Beatles

• Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers

• These Eyes - The Guess Who

• My Life - Bill Anderson

1970

• American Woman - The Guess Who

• Reflections of My Life - The Marmalade

• Love on a Two-Way Street - The Moments

• My Love - Sonny James

1977

• Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

• When I Need You - Leo Sayer

• Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

• Luckenbach, Texas Back to the Basics of Love - Waylon Jennings

1978

• With a Little Luck - Wings

• Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams

• On Broadway - George Benson

• Do You Know You are My Sunshine - The Statler Brothers

1985

• Everything She Wants - Wham!

• Smooth Operator - Sade

• One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head

• Radio Heart - Charly McClain

1986

• Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

• Live to Tell - Madonna

• I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz

• Tomb of the Unknown Love - Kenny Rogers

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